pseudonym

Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- +‎ -onym.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.də.nɪm/, /ˈsu.doʊ.nɪm/

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pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)

1. A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

   Synonym: anonym

   Antonyms: autonym, orthonym, alethonym

   Hyponyms: allonym; ananym; stage name; pen name, nom de plume; nom de clavier, nom de Web; nom de guerre

   Coordinate terms: alias; nickname, moniker, handle

   The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

   • c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man:

     I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether—leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym, complete my self-effacement, and—a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage.

   • 1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature:

     The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsɛu̯donɪm]

pseudonym m inan

1. pseudonym

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• “pseudonym”, in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online (in Czech), 2012–2020

• IPA^(key): /sœvdonyːm/, [sœwd̥oˈnyːˀm]

pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)

1. pseudonym

pseudonym

1. pseudonymous

• pseudonym on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): [psɔɪ̯doˈnyːm]

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pseudonym (strong nominative masculine singular pseudonymer, not comparable)

1. pseudonymous

• alethonym
• orthonym

pseudonym

1. pseudonymously, in a pseudonymous manner

• “pseudonym” in Duden online
• “pseudonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• psevdonym

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).

pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)

1. pseudonym

• “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• psevdonym

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).

pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)

1. pseudonym

• “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.